Shall the King County Charter be amended to provide that the position of a county director of elections be created as a nonpartisan elected office. The push behind this charter amendment comes from anger over the 2004 gubernatorial election and continued elections problems since then. The theory is that an elected elections director will improve…
Tag archives for ballot measures
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This measure would require long-term care workers to be certified as home care aides based on an examination, with exceptions; increase training and criminal background check requirements; and establish disciplinary standards and procedures. Another initiative for which I have experience. However, I’m not nearly so sure about my choice in this case. On behalf of…
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This measure would permit terminally ill, competent, adult Washington residents, who are medically predicted to have six months or less to live, to request and self-administer lethal medication prescribed by a physician. I just spent 19 months watching my mom slowly die of A.L.S. I visited her daily. I took care of her. I was…
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This measure would open high-occupancy vehicle lanes to all traffic during specified hours, require traffic light synchronization, increase roadside assistance funding, and dedicate certain taxes, fines, tolls and other revenues to traffic-flow purposes. Yet another Tim Eyman initiative. While an ad hominem attack is generally not a good way to convince people of the rightness…